The North East Ambulance Service has issued an apology for the wait while MP Tom Blenkinsop has called for an overview of Teesside’s emergency healthcare services.

The family of 84-year-old Eileen Anderson has told how the great-gran lay unwell at her home at Westmore View Nursing Home in Marton, Middlesbrough, when a doctor called for an ambulance at 5.50pm on Tuesday - it arrived after 5am on Wednesday.